Showing posts with label language. Show all posts
Showing posts with label language. Show all posts

08 February 2008

BYU = Language Capital of the world

Watch this ad about BYU's Language programs... it is done by Philadelphia Eagles player Chad Lewis, who is a Mormon and graduate of BYU.  

In 1975, LDS Church President Spencer W. Kimball said BYU should become the acknowledged language capital of the world  


On a personal note: I watched this at least a year ago and could understand nearly nothing of the Chinese spoken in the video. Now, because of my exposure to the Chinese language, I watch this and understand a lot of it!

BYU has one of the world's most extensive foreign language programs.  I was an active participant of that program, and am very thankful for the wonderful resources available to students.  

13 January 2008

NPR about Mormon Linguists in U.S. Military

Please follow this link to read and hear about Mormon linguists recruited into the American military.  ( I am one of those Mormon linguists who have been approached by military!) The story is a little old . . .